Katie Roche attended the Walking On Water Surf Camp last summer where she says she found her faith in the Lord. It was at this camp that she learned very tangibly from Derek Rabelo (blind surfer) to live out 1 Corinthians 5:7 and "live by faith, not by sight". Katie explains that shortly after camp this message of faith would became both a challenge and a necessity for her, as she lost her best friend, Claire, to a gunmen who entered their High School campus. It was nothing short of a tragedy, in which Katie describes she endured much hardship and many battles in her faith. She says, "I found my faith at Walking On Water Surf Camp and I remind myself to live by faith and not by sight. Getting support from my WOW family has been a huge help and I feel so incredibly blessed to have them in my life!" Earlier this month Katie graduated from Arapahoe High School where she was given the privilege of being the the keynote speaker at her graduation ceremony. We understand she rocked it, even taking a selfie with her senior class in the background! She is now off to Chapman University to study International Business and Pre-med.

Walking On Water is a Christian non-profit organization dedicated to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with this generation’s global surfing community. Professional surfer Bryan Jennings started Walking on Water in 1995 with the vision of using his surfing abilities to share his faith with young people.